![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Operation Correction (Part II) - American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Northern California
In May 1960, students and progressive activists opposed to the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) demonstrated when HUAC held hearings in San Francisco's City Hall. San Francisco police turned firehoses on the demonstrators, washing them down the main staircase of City Hall, and the resultant publicity did much to engender the social consciousness of the 1960s. HUAC sympathizers produced a film, "Operation Abolition," condemning the demonstrators as Communist-inspired activists...
Keywords: Social issues: 1960s; Civil rights; San Francisco: Political activity
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| Operation Correction (Part I) - American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Northern California
In May 1960, students and progressive activists opposed to the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) demonstrated when HUAC held hearings in San Francisco's City Hall. San Francisco police turned firehoses on the demonstrators, washing them down the main staircase of City Hall, and the resultant publicity did much to engender the social consciousness of the 1960s. HUAC sympathizers produced a film, "Operation Abolition," condemning the demonstrators as Communist-inspired activists...
Keywords: Social issues: 1960s; Civil rights; San Francisco: Political activity
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